CULTURE, NASOPHARYNGEAL (NPC)

Test Code

LAB229

Alias/See Also

NPC

CPT Codes
87070

Preferred Specimen

Nasopharyngeal swab

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Transport Container

Nasopharyngeal swab culturette

Transport Temperature

Room temperature

Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)

Swab collected from nose and not nasopharynx.

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